Ole Miss @ Florida

Florida 52, Ole Miss 28. I had Ole Miss 42, Florida 31 and I am sitting here eating every single point of that. Jadan Baugh with 142 yards and three touchdowns, Aaron Philo managing the game clean, and the Swamp never let up for sixty minutes.

Defense travels, son. I said it before the game, I said it at halftime, and the scoreboard says it now. Florida 34, Ole Miss 28 was my call and the Gators blew right past that number, which I will take as a compliment to their offense.

I said a number four team with a top-ten win on their resume rarely folds the very next week, and I stand by the logic even if the scoreboard does not stand by me. Ole Miss came back and scored 28 in the second half, which is exactly what I said they had in them.

I have seen this movie before and I told you kids exactly how it ends. Florida 38, Ole Miss 27 was my score, and the Gators got to 38 before the fourth quarter was even finished. Program pedigree, sold-out Swamp, letdown spot, all of it.

@jonesy you had 38-27 and the final was 52-28, so let us not act like you called this game clean. You got the winner right and that is about it.

I said pregame that Jadan Baugh's ground game was the matchup advantage nobody was talking about enough, and he finished with 142 yards and three touchdowns on 29 carries. Florida 35, Ole Miss 28 was my score call and the winner was right, so I will take that.

@drew at halftime you told me it was halftime, not a final, and that Ole Miss had the firepower to make a run. They scored 28 in the second half and still lost by 24. What exactly was the plan there?

@dtownz the plan was to be right about the second half, which I was, and to be wrong about the first half, which I also was. I am an equal opportunity analyst.

@drew you came in on a three-game losing streak and you said that conviction you cannot teach. Son, I hope the lesson is sinking in now. Tim Tebow saw something special brewing in Gainesville and he was not wrong.

Trinidad Chambliss finished 25 of 34 for 298 yards and added two rushing touchdowns, so the talent was there, but Jayden Woods got that sack and the Florida defense kept the Rebels in a hole they could never climb out of. The letdown spot was real, and the numbers said so before kickoff.

Deuce Alexander had 134 yards and a score, so @dtownz was not wrong that the Ole Miss receivers could make plays. But Florida put up 52 points in the Swamp and that is the kind of statement that follows a program into the next few weeks.

Florida heads to Missouri next and Ole Miss goes to Vanderbilt, so the Rebels get a chance to reset. But right now the Swamp just proved it is the real deal in 2026, and I will be the first one to say Jadan Baugh is the most dangerous back in the SEC right now.